Pocket-fastener.



R. E. HALL.

POCKET FASTENEE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAR.' 17, 1910.

Patented Dec. 20, 1910 WWA/55555,

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` tien larlv for in the oit a portion ol ROLLIE E. HALL, OF LIVERPOOL,NEW YORK.

POCKET-FASTENER.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented Deo. 2tlg itt-MIG.,

Application led March 17, 193.0. Serial No. 556,033.

To oit 'whom it may concern.' le it known that l, loLLm F., HALL, of'Liverpool. in the county of Onondaga, in the State ot New ,Yorin haveinvented new and useful linprovenicn in Pocl;et-l"asteners, of which thefollowing, taken in connection with the accompanying' draivings', is afull, clear, and exact iflesci'i} tioii.

rllhis invention relates to certain improveineuts in pocket Fastenersadapted niore`r parwatch pockets to prevent inalieious removal of thewatch, although it is apparent that it is eq'nalllv useful in retain ingother articles which might otherwise become displared from the pocket.

Ythe :nain object is to proride opposite sides ot the mouth of thepocket with seltclosingl flaps movable intlependentl)V of said i es toell'ertivel.Y retain a watch or other rtieies in the pocket againstaccidental or malicious displacement therefrom and at the saine liniepermitting' the flaps to be opened hv the insertion ot' the lingers whenit de sired to remove such article or articles.

Other objects and ases will be brought out followingr description. lnthe drawings: Figure l is an elevation a A'arxnent showing a pocketpartly broken awa)v and equipped with inv improved fastener. Fie'. 2 isa transverse sectional view through the pocket showing the fastener inend 'elevatimr llig. 3 is a perspective view of the detached fastener.Fig. et is a similar perspective view ot the detached spring forming'the means for autoiuatieall)Y closing the flaps. Fig. 5 is an enla ptransverse startionalr view throughA the 'fastener and adjacent portionsof the pocket showing the stitching bv which said fastener i: .securedto the pocket.

i'his fastener is adapted to bc inserted and secar il within theopening' sident' mouth of an)7 pocket, ---f/-. of a gai-nient andeoi'nprises similar parallel arms ---loi spring1 wire provided one endwith upturlxed arms -Q which are united b v a coil mff; tensione so asto spring' press the arras 1* toward each other, tht` opposite ends otsaid arrns being' also provided with `upturned extensions l`-;ha\vingiuturned otlsets ei-H substantiallwparallel with and overlyingtheirresInativc arnis -l-. llach ot' these arms --l-- and their extensions--2-. w53"- and vtm are inclosed within suitable sheaths ---5-- oftabric or other flexible material which are united at oneend to embracethe extensions 2 and coil 43-, 'the opposite ends beiugr separable oradapted to be spread apart. ythese arnis l together with their eX-tensions and sheaths constitute tlapsthe upper edges of which aresuitably secured as b v stitching Hc to the opgosite sides, as t", ot'the pocket near the open side or niouth thereof, as best seen in Fig, 2,leavingl the remaining?y portions free to move independently or thesides -cand norniallyY each other spring tensioned' toward at thebottoni.

lt is now clear upon reference more pars titula ly to Fig. 2, that whenthe Yatch, as -Z-, or other article is inserted between and below the[laps into the pocket the lower ends ot' the tlaps close together thusclosing the mouth or' the pocket and preventing' the accidentaldisplacement or withdrawal of the watch or other article by means of thechain, as -Z/e-. and that in order to remove the y'atch or other articleit necessary to insert the fingers between and to spread. apart theflaps against the action of the springl and then to grasp the watchbetween the lingers and withdraw the saine through the opening` caused bv the spread of the tlaps.

ll'hen reinserting the watch or other article in the pocket, itautoinaticall;7 spreads or separates the flaps by wedging betweeny thelnuntil disposed in the pocket below such liaps whereupon the lower endsof the 'flaps again close over the watch to retain it in the pocket..

lt will be observed that one ofthe arms -`l.` is sointwvhat shorter andlies within the plane of the opposite corresponding arin and that theextension 3* ot' the shorter arm 1- also lies within the v rtical planeof the corresponding extension, so that the lower free edge of the Lagainst and within theiniarginal edge of the opposite flap. therebyeffectively closing` vthe opening` to the pocket. It is also obs servedthat these i'laps although secured at the loop end to the correspondingend of the pocket the opposite or free ends of the flap terminate ashort distance from the cor; responding' end ot the pocket considerabi)7less than the diameter of an ordinary watch for the reception of thewatch chain or fob.

3y terminatingl the flaps at one end short 110 ot the corresponding endof the pocket leavf ing room :for the free play of the chain in flap maytit clos/cli;`

will eauee said watch to he dellerted h v tlv i lower edfree ol theflaps between one or the other o1" the t'laps and adliaeent hide oi" the.poe-liet rather than between the laps, therehy r elifeetirelypreventingA the removal,d or' the watch hy Surh meana, owing to ther'aety that the flapA are stitched at along' their upiriier edges to thesides ol' the pockets, the only opening; heling between the llape and ashort Siaee at ene end thereof.

'.he invention therefore resides more particularly in securing the upperedges et the [taps to opposite sidese or the poelret and` springpreesing'their lower toward each ether, en as te etl'e'etively close thein tervening space and also in making the flaps somewhat shorter thanthe length ot' the pooliet te leave aehain opening` at one or the otherot the ends and -aleo in making the lower edge e'lI the one flapsomewhat shorter and ot lese 'verticalheight than the opp( ilap so thatthey will lit snugly one within the other.

llvhat l claim is:

l. ln eomliinatien with a pocket, a pocket fastener comprisingA oppositei'lape stitched along Ytheir upper edges to opposite sides ot thepoelret.v and having' their lewer edges Spring preQSed againrt. eaehother one of the Yllapri being Shorter vertically and long lgitudinallythan the other flap.

ln combination with a poeliet, a poefet laetener Comprising elongatedllaps etitehed aloneA their upper edges the pocket and having;Y theirlower edges springr prese-ed against each other7 one end olf said iapsbeing spaced apart from the eorrepending` end of the pocket.

tn opposite sides of l il. pocket 'liaetener comprising opposite Aepringarme having oneend provided with upward extensions united by a springeoil and their opposite ende` provided With similar upward extensionshaving inwardly projecting;A otl'eets and fabric sheaths inelosing Saidarms and extensions.

Lt. In a pocket fastener, spring arme having one end provided withupwardly projeeting extensions united hy a .fspring coil and theiropposite ends )varovided with similar upward extensione having .inwardlypro- ,y jecting lateral; offsets, said arms being' springl tensionedtoward each other. l

ln a pocket fastener, spring arms haw ing` one end providetfl withupwardly projecting extensione united hy a Spring` eoil and theiruppotite endel provided with sin1ilar upward extensions having inwardlyproieei'inj; lateral ')tl'sets-;:nd arms hemer spring tensioned towardeach other, and eheaths in eloeing the arms and exteneioney and having`their upper edges stitched to the inner 'faces of opposite Sides ot thepocket near the open side thereof.

(3. in a pocket fastener, opposite llana stitched along their upperSides to the inner edges ot' the pocket and having their lower i endsSpring preeeed toward eaeh other` said llaps terminating at one endShort o'l` the adjacent end of the pocket, the lower portion ot one ofthe flaps being of less length and ol less vertical depth than theopposite tiap.

ln witnessy whereot1 I have hereunto eet my hand on this 12th day ofMarch i910.

ROLLIE l". HALL.

llvitnesses:

H. E. CHASE, A. L. HUMrHmsr.

